Hello there Adventurous Friends, greetings from South Dakota. How you doing? We saw -33 on the thermometer one morning, though we did have several decent days for getting out to do some picnicking. We both experienced a touch of SAD (seasonal affective disorder) whether the other one of us denies that diagnosis or not. This is Sentence a Day where I join others & write a little something about each of my days, wrote in a long drawn out sentence or 2.
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| 2 sweet surprises, made tea for supper & noticed the amaryllis has a 3rd bloom. |
* Wed 2nd - Read the newspaper - small fire starts at school, shortage of classroom substitutes, seatbelts save 2 from serious injury in rollover, 4-H rodeo planning meeting scheduled, gourmet chocolates for your Valentine at the hardware store.
* Thurs 3rd - Scheduled day off work, got a lot accomplished in between blog reading, did some laundry, opened mail, balanced books, wrote check for propane $2.145 per gallon, thought about income taxes needing to get started on, boiled a dozen eggs, prepared Grands Valentine box to mail & set it aside, waiting on a t-shirt for one of the teens, meatball sandwiches for supper.
* Fri 4th - Got a much needed haircut.
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| Happy Valentines Day! |
Week 6
* Sat 5th - Kevin made kabobs on the grilled, watched another movie from the Love Comes Softly series & episodes of Little House on the Prairie.
* Sun 6th - Went for a ride in the side by side & had a picnic, hotdogs & chili my favorites, rode through snow in some places, took a walk, nice day.
* Mon 7th - Finished reading one of the Novels Moma got me for Christmas, A Haven for Christmas by Patirica Davids, there is 2 books with 4 novels.
* Tues 8th - Scheduled day off work, made ribs for supper, did some decluttering, started a box of items to send to Grands - gloves, hats & socks; started a box to donate to the thrift store, some stuff went in trash bags & hauled to the dump.
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| Used my special bbq sauce blend. |
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| The fixings - baked beans, baked tators, deviled eggs & garlic cheese toast. |
* Wed 9th - Leftover ribs for supper, made a peach dump cake in the crockpot, got called back into work after hours to do reports coworker had troubles with, ordered 2 DVDs in the Love Comes Softly series that I didn't have.
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| Sloppy joe soup was a success, good with a grilled cheese sandwich on the side. |
* Fri 11th - Kevin picked me up after work at lunch time, he used a gift certificate from Christmas to get us lunch, we took a drive, ate lunch in the truck & did a 15-minute sunshine walk, saw deer, antelope & eagles.
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| A cold, windy, snowy day. |
* Sat 12th - Went for another truck ride after work, both of us needed to get out in the sunshine to ward off cabin fever & personality issues, took leftover soup in the thermos with a pbj sandwich, watched the wind swirl, roll & twist the snow while we sat in the truck & ate our lunch.
* Sun 13th - Took a truck ride to Rapid, saw geese going north, saw the 1st baby calf of the season & saw a load of pontoon boats, got supper at Culver's then drove up in the Canyon & ate sitting in the truck on the side of the road, gave Kevin his spring haircut.
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| Saw 4 mountain goats up in the Canyon. |
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| Potential truck like this for full time travel & camper living when retire in May 2024. |
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| A nice drive up in the Canyon. |
* Mon 14th - Kevin gave me a box of chocolates, watched youtube videos about full time camper living, joined several camper living facebook groups.
* Tues 15th - Started downsizing clothes, got called back into work due to coworker hurting her arm/shoulder.
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| Coffee & chocolates after work. |
* Wed 16th - Got a dusting of snow, glad to get off work early, didn't feel good - coughing, headache, woozy, sneezing, tired; watched Living in an Off-Grind Log Cabin in the Yukon Territory.
* Thurs 17th - Got up not feeling good, slept in a little but it didn't help much, back was sore from coughing, did a home preg Covid test, made it through the workday moment by moment, got the t-shirt for Grand's Valentine box had been wanting for.
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| Off to work I go, boss out with her foot, coworker has appointment for her arm. |
* Fri 18th - Felt worse, scheduled off work early, mailed Grand's Valentine box, Kevin brought in vaporub that was the saving grace for my stuffed up nose, watched episodes of Little House on the Prairie while resting.
Week 8
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| We got the predicted snow, seems the wind blew the snow from that bare spot & put it in front of the garage door. |
* Sat 19th - Felt better, nice sunshine, wind picked up, weather expected to dump 6 to 8 inches of snow during my 2 days off, didn't go to bingo due to recouping from cold symptoms, (heard a few days later that 5 people bingoed at the same time).
* Sun 20th - Cooked pintos in the crockpot, boiled some eggs, made sweet tea, made bread using Sam's recipe, sorted laundry & did some loads, started a list of desired items for camper living - dry bath with compost toilet, thinking recliners instead of dining table, researching solar system & diesel appliances.
* Mon 21st - Purged more clothes, experimented with the roll method of folding to try to fit more clothes in a smaller space, started putting together travel bag stuff, no Club meeting due to snow.
* Tues 22nd - Got called into work earlier to give others extra driving time & to do shoveling, had to call in a skid steer for the drifts.
* Wed 23rd - Leftovers for supper, watched Cupcake Chronicles, Arctic Fox truck camper living.
* Thurs 24th - Schedule 2 days to work in one of our other offices, nice drive, got groceries, Kevin's name was drawn for $15 grocery coupon, he chose to get pizza & ice cream, had a $5 beef certificate from Christmas, got a steak priced $5.99 a pound, did taxes, relieved to get that done, watched some of a virtual RV show.
* Fri 25th - Had an early supper, Kevin cooked the steak on the grill, juices were a little lot redder than our preferred well done, had enough left over to have for breakfast, ice cream for dessert along with watching truck camper videos.
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| Daughter got 3 new babies, French bulldogs. |
Week 9
* Sat 26th - Facetimed with Moma, decided to have the leftover steak for supper, watched Stonyboot, Cirrus truck camper living.
* Sun 27th - Nice day, went for a ride in the side by side, saw elk through binoculars, did some walking, had a picnic, toes got cold.
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| "Rose, are you ready to go play in the snow?" |
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| Kevin cooking up my favorite picnic foods, guess what it is, hotdogs & chili. |
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| I think the new shirt fits ok, got a greenish one & a pinkish one. |
